Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword vii
4. Preface xv
5. Acknowledgments xxv
6. List of Principal Characters xxvii
7. 1 A Pyrrhic Victory 1
8. 2 The Tragedy That Befell the Rover 11
9. 3 Orphans of Mixed Blood 21
10. 4 Identity Revealed 33
11. 5 Repulse of the Foreign Forces 93
12. 6 Serenity Lost and Found 137
13. 7 Troops Marching 151
14. 8 Puppet Mountains 177
15. 9 Praying to Guanyin 235
16. 10 Epilogue 263
17. Maps and Illustrations 279
18. Glossary 291